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Oct 12, 1492
Discovering America
Christopher Columbus, who was funded by Ferdinand and Isabella, was looking for another route to Indian and ran into some land which he called the West Indies. -
Sep 27, 1494
Treaty of Todesillas
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The Pope drew a line to divide land for Spain and Portugal. -
Sep 27, 1497
First England claim of land
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Cabot claimed Newfounland for England but they were slow to follow up because of internal conflict. -
Jamestown
100 men stettled Jamestown Virginia. They went through many hardships and many people died. -
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English Migration
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People from England began moving to the New World. Most people went to the West Indies. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
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Was the first representative government in the colonies and was a movement toward the governement the colonies wanted. -
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Salutary Neglect
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Because of this the colonies thought they had more freedom and when Britain began to take control again the colonists got angry. -
Slaves
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First Africans come to the New World. -
Mayflower Compact
Set up a way for the colonists on the Mayflower to govern themselves. It set up majority rule, town meetings and that men would vote and they would work together. -
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Colonial Unity
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First signs of colonial unity when Mass, Conn and Plymouth colonies worked together to protect themselves. -
Toleration Act
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Maryland stated that they were open to all people who believed in the trinity. -
Glorious Revolution
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Was an internal conflict in England that contributed to salutary negect. -
Proclamation Act
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Prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachians. It didnt really anger the colonists because they could easily break it. -
Paxton Boys
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Was a sign of colonial disunity. They were people from the backcountry who felt they werent protected during Pontiacs Rebellion so they got mad. -
Sugar Act
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Britain put this tax on the colonists to defray the costs of the French and Indian war. It didnt really make them any money but the colonists were mad because this was the first act the bristish were actually enforcing. The colonists began to boycott and organize protest groups. -
Quartering Act
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The British tropps were to be housed in barn and towers etc in the colomies. But what made them mad was that the colonists had to pay for it. -
Stamp Act
Required that paper goods have a stamp. This was one tax that affected everyone. The loyal nine came about from this and the colonist followed non-importation agreements. -
Tea Act 1773
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The Bristish were trying to save the British East India Tea Company from banckruptcy. -
Boston Tea Party
It was a reaction to the tea tax. The Sons of Liberty dumped 10,000 pounds of tea into the Boston harbor. It proviked Englan into and uwise reaction like war. -
First Continental Congress
Committees of Correspondence called for it. They made a Decleration of Rights, set up nonimportation agreement and nonexportation agreements. -
Patriots Day
Gage a British soldier encountered "A country side in arms." Meaning that the Americans were ready to fight. -
Second Continental Congress
They proposed a treaty with the indians and made George Washington commander of the army. -
Olive Branch Petition
A letter to the King asking to just be friends, The King didnt even look at it. -
Decleration of Independence
Continental Convention declared independence from Britain on this date. -
Battle of Saratoga
The turning point in the Revolutionary War. The colonists win and then the French side with them. this means the colonists have more men,money,and supplies. -
The Articles of Confederation
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Every state had ratified it by 1781. It was their plan of governement that had more problems then it did good. -
Surrender
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Cornwallace a British commander gets surrounded and finally surrenders. The end of the American Revolution. -
Land Ordinance
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Part of the Articles. It divided up the old west and adopted a New England township system. -
The Constitutional Convention
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Was a meeting to get rid of the Articles. It set up a lot that the Articles didnt like division of power, Checks and Balances, and Flexibility. -
North West Ordinance
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Part of the Articles. Set up how many people had to be in a place before it could be a territory, have a constitution, and be a state. -
Jay's Treaty
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US will pay off pre-revolutionary war debts and the British have to leave the forts by 1796 -
Pickney's Treaty
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Gave the US the right of Deposit to New Orleans. -
Barbary Pirates
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Begining of the US navy. -
Treaty of Greenville
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Miami Indians give up a lot of land for 2,000 dollars and some land designated to them. -
Naturalization Act
It extended residence requirements from 5 yeaqrs to 14 years. -
Alien Enemies Act
This said that a resident alien could be deported if they were thought to be a threat to the US. -
Sedition Act
That anyone who was found guilty of criticizing the governmet would be jailed. -
Convention of 1800
It voided the allaince with France and set up a commercial treaty with them. -
Revolution of 1800
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The Elcetion between Thomas Jefferson and Adam Bur. The federalists lost for the first time. -
Lousianna Purchase
Thomas Jefferson origianally just wanted New Orleans but when he send people to go negotiate with Nepolean, Nepolean asked how much they would pay for the whole land. The US got it for 15 Million! -
Marbury v Madison
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This court case established judicial review and strenghtened the Supremme Court. -
Orders of Council
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England passes a law that all trade that goes through Europe as to go through Britian first. -
Chesapeak Incident
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A result of impressment. A British captain demands that he be able to search a US ship for deserters but that captain refuses and the British captain fires on the ship and takes three people hostage. -
Embargo
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Cut off all trade with all praties for the US. -
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Impressment
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When people would desert the Bristish Navy and go to the US ships, Britain would seize those ships and force the people on them into the British Navy. -
Erskine Agreement
US agreed to reopen trade with Britain if they dropped the Orders of Council. Britain said NO WAY!